Havergal College - Magazine Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Havergal College Magazine Rachere ' s Tomb, S. Bartholomew ' s the Great. 32

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Havergal College Magazine When we returned home we found that another party of colonists had arrived at the fort under the leadership of the new governor, Robert Semple. As soon as the latter could collect enough men he went to Fort Gibraltar and captured it, but without bloodshed. Later, however, he returned it to the Nor ' -westers. Governor Semple was so angry at this that he seized the fort and tore it down. No one of Fort Douglas approved of his action, because we were afraid that some of our men would be killed. Time proved that our fears were not unfounded, for two of the McDougal boys and Mr. Fiddler were shot. Their funeral was held last Saturday, when they were buried in the graveyard on the river bank outside the fort. October, 1816. — We are again at Jack ' s River, and this time, I am afraid, never to return; at least, the outlook is so gloomy that no one seems to be able to see farther than that. Last June the Nor ' -westers, angry at the outrage Governor Semple had per- petrated, attacked our fort, and we were all forced to retreat. Our men all rushed out with firearms, and a battle took place at Seven Oaks. We called it Seven Oaks because of seven beautiful oak trees which formed a restful grove in summer. Many of our men were killed, Governor Semple among the number. My cousin, Angus Macpherson, was badly wounded, but our boys all escaped. (After the uniting of the two companies, the exiles at Jack ' s River were brought back and given sections along the river bank, where their descendants live to this day. Among the most notable of the old families are the Xorquays and McTavishes, who have given to Manitoba valuable citizens.) Dorothy Colcleugh, Matric. I. THE THIRTEEN CLUB. Rumour has been publishing the obituary notice of the Thirteen Club. This is premature, indeed; the announcement must be postponed indefinitely. The club is by no means defunct, and at the end of April it will arise from its winter sleep as a bear refreshed. The members of this new club are those mistresses and girls who sit at Miss Jones ' table ; hence the number ; hence the name of the club. The first entertainment was given at the end of the autumn term, and took the form of a shadow performance, which the spec- tators voted a thorough success. All the thirteen members took an extremely active part in the proceedings. Lord Ullin ' s Daughter, Where Are You Going To, My Pretty Maid ? and the classic What ' s the Matter With Father? were among the favourite pictures. G. M. S. 31

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Havergal College Magazine cbe chuRcb op GBAR noLocoecu Irvthat pArt of london, which tsstill mediaeval itxx{ name, a narrow L ne levels from little Brittai v» uv die shadow of SBartholomcws HospitAl, to tKe- ' porck of Acltitrdt, AUtxostcx tuve ishedby dilApi- -cLxted houses And untidy courts, CUc chttrch -of 3 Bartholomews was founded bpf? RaJierc. who is popularly supposed to have becru-- jester to William Ru4iis:hc certainly fi coucntcdL.-- .♦. that dissolute covert ., under the patroiiAoe of [ ichan£ de Bdnvcts. afterwards Bishop of Jondoii . Kahcrc • .v ceased his jesting Aiid entered the Church.: while rru ktrur a pdo rimAo e to Rome he contracted mal- -arial fever- And A3 drankHjfjferino for his recovery, he vowed to build a hospital yn rccreacion ofporetueti. It is related that in a subsequent vision .S-Buthdomcw Appeared to him.clesirino, the building of a clixtrcK, as wctt as a hospitAl and ineUcAtino SnritlT|i el or ' the site, Kahere obtained titles to some IaivcI intKe Kinoes niAi ketr And in March nz ' shc bcoanto build the Hospital of S-B tludoirtew oTLits present site Arid soon a{ter; the priory, of which u e duxrchinp rt remains ncL is now known as S Bartholomews the QrcAt. T Aliere died, in September lift And wasburied on the north side of the altar of the cfuxrdr.Hi® tomb, on which, is a very ancient recumbent stone effto;y of him , in the habit of An. Atio u tinian nn canon, is siirrncnxnted by a much later- lerpcndicoW canopy. Xike S John ' s Chapel in the Jowcrof London the church- was buttt in the Norman style And the- whole nave-arcade aird semicircular apse remain intact. White many scoff at the rudeness Atrdluk °t ' Wfmemcnt of the Norman architecture, yet tKe- ;fidcUty and stAblcncss of the massive cohimris .the vast shadows, deep And lanimous asT?embrAnctt cIj wutqs, Arc surely trttidv grander Arvd more— h solemn than the fripperies of later- Qotnie and .•♦ . • ( Kdiaissance work And evert intKe prosaic present the chxtrchu ts peopteeL by twelve centt tries ofr— worshippers, motley and- vaiions in speecfv aitdatttre, yet one tn trteticm nd purpose g§ §§ a gs .v m 33